Democratic Rep. Rips Trump’s Presser: ‘Clownish Performance by a Reality Show Star’

.@RepSwalwell calls Trump's speech in the Rose Garden a "clownish performance" that was "unpresidential" pic.twitter.com/nxr02kVmTD

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 9, 2017

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D- CA), one of the members of the House Intelligence Committee, slammed President Trump on CNN after his press conference today, regarding his answers on James Comey‘s testimony.

The president accused Comey of committing perjury, said he would be “100 percent” willing to testify under oath, and avoided answering directly whether there are “tapes” of his conversations with Comey.

On CNN’s The Lead today, Swalwell told Jim Sciutto, “It’s a sad time in America. You compare what we saw yesterday––a sobering, serious testimony from James Comey about his interactions with the president––and then a clownish performance by a reality show star who isn’t acting presidential, didn’t sound presidential, and didn’t look presidential.”

He was disturbed by how the president would “tease out” the possibility of tapes like it’s “a season finale is approaching for a reality show.”

The House Intelligence Committee is now demanding to see both the Comey memos and evidence of those tapes, if they exist.

Watch above, via CNN.

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